NetEnt Progressives Drop Two Jackpots In A Day!

NetEnt progressive jackpot slots are in the news pretty frequently due to their habit of regularly paying out life changing sums of money and making more millionaires when the big jackpot lands.

Updated: 26 January 2024 By Becky Mosley

NetEnt progressive jackpot slots are in the news pretty frequently due to their habit of regularly paying out life changing sums of money and making more millionaires when the big jackpot lands.However, NetEnt’s jackpots went to a whole new level on March 7th (2018) when one player scooped over €2.5 million on the immensely popular Mega Fortune slot, while that slot’s younger sibling, Mega Fortune Dreams, paid out just over €4 million in the same day!NetEnt Progressives Drop Two Jackpots In A Day!

What happened?

It was only a matter of time until a double pay out day, and it caused a lot of excitement around the iGaming world.Of course, the most excited people were the winners, with the Mega Fortune winner, a UK based player, who picked up €2,667,743.19 while playing at PokerStars Casino, saying:“I put my hand over [the screen] because I thought, ‘I’ve got no chance of winning this, I want it to be a surprise’. It spun. When I took my hand away and saw what happened… I almost passed out. No this can’t be real.”With two slots paying out nearly €7 million in a day, these wins are further evidence as to why NetEnt progressives are so insanely popular.

Big and frequent wins

Chief Product Office at NetEnt, Henrik Fagerlund, spoke of the historic day:“The jackpots just keep on dropping at the moment and two in one day is a record for us.The big and frequent wins are of course why players love NetEnt jackpot games so much. I would like to congratulate The Stars Group, and PokerStars Casino for what is their biggest ever online-win payout!”With Hall of Gods standing at over the €5 million mark, it shouldn’t be too long before another millionaire is made by a NetEnt jackpot slot!

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